"I didn't run home, like my wife, to watch the show. But I totally remember it on TV," Haley said. "It was very indelible, the way the screen would spin, and the eerie music would kick in as Barnabas was hypnotising someone."

Haley went on to praise director Burton's decision to cast Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter and Eva Green for the feature film version of Dark Shadows.

"I really enjoyed working with everyone on the cast. They were super-nice, very talented and fun to work with... Johnny's take on Barnabas is amazing," the star commented. "[Depp] paid homage to Jonathan Frid, as well as pulling from other classical vampires, and somehow he truly made it his own.

"The nuance in his performance is phenomenal. On the set the atmosphere was focused but also really funny at times when Tim and Johnny started joking around."